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Migraine‐related stroke: brain infarction in superior cerebellar artery territory demonstrated by nuclear magnetic resonance
Author(s) -
Titus F.,
Montalbán J.,
Molins A.,
Gili J.,
Lopez M.,
Codina A.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
acta neurologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.967
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1600-0404
pISSN - 0001-6314
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1989.tb03800.x
Subject(s) - migraine , medicine , magnetic resonance imaging , stroke (engine) , infarction , lesion , radiology , cerebral infarction , surgery , ischemia , myocardial infarction , mechanical engineering , engineering
— We report 4 cases of migraine‐related stroke in young females. Two patients were taking oral contraceptives and one was pregnant. The results of the computerized tomography of the brain were negative in 3 patients and partially positive in one, while NMR showed ischemic lesions in the posterior fossa in each case. We would like to highlight the value of NMR in the assessment of migraine associated with prolonged focal neurologic deficiencies when the clinical examination revealed brain stem or cerebellar signs and the peculiar localization of the ischemic lesion that corresponded in all 4 cases to the area irrigated by the superior cerebellar artery. An hormonal factor is suspected as the precipitating event of this complication in 3 of these patients.